Hey Progress Book users! You can now upload your TurningPoint results right into Progress Book. Attached are video instructions on how it works. These videos will demonstrate:
You do need a scheme for all of this to work so contact your sales representative and he or she will email it to you.
Progress Book1 – DASL – participant list
Have you used your TurningPoint set to prepare your students for the OAT or OGT test? Using your response system does more than grab the kids attention. The students will actually retain more information. Black and Wiliam (1998b) did extensive research on the subject and concluded that feedback given during formative assessment helped learners become aware of their learning gaps. This helps the students correct their mistakes and narrow knowledge gaps.
TurningPoint is an excellent tool for formative assessment. You can use the released OAT/OGT questions already created for you or you can use other resources with your TurningPoint AnyWhere software. Click on this link to see some resources that are perfect for this tool: http://delicious.com/donnajackson/Anywhere .
What resources have you found to be most effective? Please post a comment and share it with us.
Did you know that you can take a workshop through WVIZ to learn how to use many of our products? WVIZ is one of eight Educational Technology agencies in the state of Ohio. They assist schools and districts in utilizing new technologies by providing staff development. Classes are offered on site, via the Internet or in one of the teaching labs at WVIZ/PBS ideastream.
WVIZ has partnered with Assessment Technologies to help ensure that teachers know how to use the technology tools that they can purchase from Asssesment Technologies. Opportunites currently offered are:
Achieving With Your Student Response System – Online course This course will help teachers use TurningPoint student response systems to make data driven decisions that will improve students’ academic performance. It is intended to provide in depth training to educators who are using TurningPoint in an effort to affect standardized test scores. Participants will share lessons, and ideas with each other. Participants will create short cycle assessments aligned to state standards and ready to use at their buildings. Fee: $120 (Graduate Credit is available). This course begins January 27, 2010.
Interactive Student Response Systems Easily conduct multiple assessments, track student learning, and engage your entire class with a TurningPoint student response system. With this cutting edge student response technology, teachers can create interactive PowerPoint® presentations that collect real-time responses from students, and quickly assess students’ achievement toward state standards. Date: This workshop is scheduled by request. Please contact Eric Siler, eric.siler@ideastream.org, 216-916-6358, to arrange a training date and time. Cost: $1,500 (includes a class set of 24 response systems) or $1,739 (includes a class set of 32 response systems). All purchases include (1) three hour training session for three participants, $100 for each additional participant.
Mimio Interactive Create a dynamic, inexpensive, interactive work surface with mimio® interactive. It uses a small piece of hardware to convert any whiteboard into a fully interactive one. It is easy to use, easy to install, light weight and easy to share on a technology cart in every classroom. With the mimio bar, your computer, and your LCD projector you can convert a standard whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard! Everything on your computer is now accessible from your whiteboard! What an inexpensive solution to having an interactive board! Date: This workshop is scheduled by request. Please contact Eric Siler, eric.siler@ideastream.org, 216-916-6358, to arrange a training date and time. Cost: $1,100 (includes one mimio interactive bar and wireless device and training for (1) three hour training session for three participants) $100 for each additional participant.
AVerVision Document Camera Do away with the static overhead transparencies and turn your students on with digital image technology. Research shows that stimulating visual displays are easily grasped, retained and absorbed by students. Receive a lightweight and easily transportable AVerVision CP300 and learn how to use it as an effective teaching tool by providing exciting visual technology presentations. Be on your way to improving attention, retention, and test scores. Date: This workshop is scheduled by request. Please contact Eric Siler, eric.siler@ideastream.org, 216-916-6358, to arrange a training date and time. Cost: $950 (includes one AVerVision CP300 and training for two participants) or $1,800 (includes two AVerVision CP300s and training for four participants) Please add $100 for each additional participant.
Elmo Document Camera Do away with the static overhead transparencies and turn your students on with digital image technology. Research shows that stimulating visual displays are easily grasped, retained and absorbed by students. Receive a lightweight and easily transportable ELMO TT-O2s Document Camera and learn how to use it as an effective teaching tool with exciting visual technology presentations. Be on your way to improving attention, retention, and test scores.DATE This workshop is done by request. Contact Eric Siler, eric.siler@ideastream.org, 216-916-6358, to arrange a training date and time. COST $950 (includes one Elmo TT-02s Document Camera and training for two participants) or $1,800 (includes two Elmo TT-02s Document Cameras and training for four participants) Please add $100
for each additional participant.